Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08
LOGAN Is DEAD.
The Illinois Senator Passes
Suddenly Away.
The Close of His Life SEEMINGLY
Without Any Pain.
Weeping Friends and Relatives at the
Bedsids-E1pressiOns of Sorrow
Frequent.
Death OF John A. Logan.

paJTlOL, soldier and senator, passed TO his rest.
His wife and children. with whose life his own
was so closely knet, were by his bedside and
received the last hickers ofintelligent recogni-
ton that his painraked brsi was able to e We.
The chief of the army CO TIE nat on in whose
s'rvice be had achieved such gallant deeds.
watched with a brothers love and sympathy
h S last sad fight aud his associates OF the
senate and the house, irrespective of party
waited in reverent awe the end which all alike
de2lore.
When Surgeon General Hamilton entered
upon his all n ght's vigal by the sickman's
side last night he stated confdentially to one OF
General Logan's brother senators that unless
reaction should set in W thin twenty four hours
he would have ne hope of his patients recov-
cry. Through the long watches Of the night
the physician watched in vain for some symp-
tons TO Indicate that the
TERRIBLE PRESSURE on THE BRAIN,
which was drawing the life blood from the
heart, had relaxed, but all through the night
the condition remained unchanged, except for
the worse, the fever and the restlessness in
creasing, and when DR.. Hamilton was relieved
b, DR.. Baxter shortly before 9 O'Clock he
abandoned all hope Of recovery. His vigils
dur NJ the night were shared by General
Beae, General Grants most intimate friend
IN Washington, and Representative symes, of
Colorado.
At9 O'Clock a consultation Of all three ply
sicians, Drs. y. s. Lincoln, Baxter and Ham
ilton, was held, and then it was announced to
the family and the most intimate friends that
al hope mad been abandoned.
From a. m. until the sad end came the SEN
atOr's devoted wife lay by him on the bed
seeking BY every term Of endearment TO arouse
some spark of returning vitality No scene
more pathetic could be imagined; no scene so
sacred can adequately be portrayed. In the
outbursts OF her sorrow she repeatedly ejacu-
lated: He was true every thought and
deed OF his life. The inmost act of bis life
could be examined with honor to him"
Those around the deathbed understood fully
that this remark and others of similar charac-
ter referred to the charge that General Logan
had not been true to General Grant, and q
painful rumor was circulated that one of the
physicians had ascribed the cerebral trouble,
which roved the most dangerous feature of
the generals illness, to his brUoding over this
matter in his weakened cordition of health.
As the day wore on, and the news Of
THE SENATOR'S HOPELESS CONDITION
spread nearly every member Of the senate and
house of representatives remaining i'm the city
called to ascertain bv personal inauiry the
Senator Cullom. with MS wife and daughter,
were the earliest to ar i've. Senators Allison,
voorhees,, Wilson and Dolph remained until
the last The representatives from Illinois,
Thomas, Payson. Henderson, Townsend, Hit
and ringer were all present. Senator Cockrell
and wife, of Missouri, entered the chamber of
death as the last breath was being drawn, and
Senator Warner Miller and wife were in wait
lug in the reception room below. General
Green B. Raum. General Logans fast friend
in the arrn,, in congress and in civil life, ar
rived about IL, and was closely followed by
General Sheridan, both remaining deeply
moved attendants at the bedside Of their com
rade until all was over.
At 40 the three physicians again met In
consultation, but il was a mere form. No
change in the mode of treatment was adopted;
no hope of respite from the impending shadow
of death was held out to the afflicted family.
All that was left was TO wait for death. The
generals bed chamber was in the southeast
corner Of the building, Immediately over the
library, in which SO nany busy hours have
been passed since he moved into this rural
residence.
From the window the whole city lay exposed
to view, including the capitol and the distant
heights Of Arlington, where 50 many Of the
SOLDIERS OF THE UNION
sleep their last. The elevation of the building
is, in fact, so great that by actual measure
hold is on line with the statute of L berty on
the dome of the capitol. In this roOm with
his be drawn out from the wall so as to allow
of free passage behind it, with the head turn
ed towards the east and the murxy rays of q
winters day, heavy with threatening snow,
imperlectly lighting the ROOM the general lay
labOriously breathing his last
shortly after 2 o'clock Dr. Newman, Gen.
Grants old psster was shown into the room
and took position by the bedside. The fam
lily and friends were there grouped around the
bed in the following order: To the left. be-
tween the dying man and the light, his wife,
her son, j. A. Logan Jr., or Manning Logan,
as he is best known; Mrs. J. r Thomas, wife
If the member from Illinois; DR.. Newman,
Gen. Henderson and Gen P. H. Sheridan. To
the right at the patients bel his daughter,
Mrs Tucker, her husband, Major Tucker, Mrs.
Mary Brady, so long an intimate member OF
the generals household. Representative j.
r Thomas and Gen. e.. B. Raum. At the
foot of the bed at the left hand. DIR. Baxter.
the attending physician; Mr.. Van Sheppard, of
Ch cago; General Beale and Senator Callom
and wife and daughter. Near the bedside
were also Senator Cockrell and wife, DR.. j. A.
Powell of Illinois, and General Henry Strong,
of Chicsg.
As it became evident to the weeping friends
that
THE LAST MOMENTS HAD COME,
DF NeWLu1u Talscu Ills NOIec III prayer, Win
the mourners standing around the bed He
implored the divine being to receive the de-
parting soul, and in terms OF touching elo-
quence alluded to the fidelity be had shown to
bis family his friends and his country.
As the last words of the invocation died
away, the spirit of the diving soldier passed
away. The end was peaceful in the extreme.
scarcely a sign marking the close. Death had
mznifestly been approaching all the morning.
N IN ~ Of 6OlIr Of the end
the patients breathing had been painfully
stentorious. Then, as General Sheridan ex-
pressed 1t, two slight explosions took place,
apparently In the throat, and after that the
breathing was as gentle as child's. only the
increased rapidity of the respirations indicst-
ing the approaching end
After the bereaved family bad been tender
" led away, to yield to the full measure Of
their grief in solitude, the watchers by the
bedside descended the broad oaken stairs, and
the news that all was over to
the throng waiting in the spacious hall and in
the room below. There was
ONE SIMULTANEOUS oUTBuRsT OF GRIEF.
Senator Voorhees,. passing hurriedly from
the house, and brushing the moisture from
his eyes said, with marked emotion, to your
correspondent: ''It is q most lamentable
event. one by which have been greatly shock
ed. He was an exceedingly strong man in the
country, a factor in affairs both in peace and
in war / know of no mans death at this
time which could have struck the country
with u greater sense of loss than that OF
General Logan. l have known him thirty
years and there has never been a shadow OF
difference between US, personally or POLITICAL
ly."
In the hall. hung with the decorations Of
merry Christmas, which seemed now almost
mockery, a group of sympathizing friends,
surrounded Judge Payson, who was speaking
of SINE of the circumstances of the generals